After the exchange event concluded, Gojo Satoru rarely gathered all the first-years at Jujutsu High to provide individual guidance, which could be considered him finally fulfilling his responsibilities as a homeroom teacher.
Kagura Shin recalled the teaching ability Gojo Satoru had displayed and suddenly didn't want to listen to his guidance anymore. After all, it was really hard to trust Gojo Satoru, who didn't even correct—but instead encouraged—what Itadori Yuji called "Divergent Fist"...
"Shin... you aren't thinking about anything rude, are you?!"
"Huh? Teacher Gojo... I... maybe a little..."
Gojo Satoru reached out and tapped Kagura Shin on the head before saying,
"Listen up, Shin. I believe you're already terrifyingly strong right now. Sometimes I even wonder who is actually stronger between you and Yuta Okkotsu, but you still aren't perfect!
Your short-term goal is to learn the Reverse Cursed Technique! While you're researching the Reverse Cursed Technique, I reckon you can finish up your Maximum Technique along the way. That's decided!"
"As for this Maximum Technique thing... as long as you activate your Cursed Technique enough times and get proficient enough, you'll naturally master it. It's super simple..."
Kagura Shin sighed helplessly and agreed to Gojo Satoru's request. In truth, after his domain radius expanded to 218 meters, no matter how many Cursed Spirits he killed, nothing changed, and he didn't know what use the extra experience points had. Now it seemed it had something to do with the Maximum Technique.
[Maximum Technique], a form of expression where a Cursed Technique reaches its peak, is almost on the same level as Domain Expansion. It's just that the two have different focuses; Maximum Technique is simply releasing the Cursed Technique to its maximum limit, while Domain Expansion requires combining the Cursed Technique with Barrier techniques.
For example, in that battle between Jogo and Sukuna, Jogo didn't choose to use Domain Expansion against Sukuna, but instead used the more powerful [Maximum Technique — Meteor]. Although it didn't cause effective damage, the power of the Maximum Technique was evident.
[Maximum Technique, to unleash everything of the Cursed Technique! Then experience points should also be a part of the Cursed Technique!]
Kagura Shin sat cross-legged in the shade of a nearby tree and took out a lower realm alloy sword, placing it on his lap.
[My Cursed Technique can create items from MC and use them just like Steve... but I have no idea what form the Maximum Technique should take!]
Kagura Shin simply gave up on thinking and just kept activating his Cursed Technique to craft enchanted golden apples. His Cursed Energy actually wasn't that abundant; crafting enchanted golden apples at full output like this wouldn't allow him to make many—half a stack was about his limit.
Why enchanted golden apples and not something else? Because crafting enchanted golden apples took the longest time, allowing him to perceive the process of the Cursed Technique's activation more carefully.
Kagura Shin didn't take out the first ten enchanted golden apples he crafted because the weight of a single enchanted golden apple was somewhat absurd, equivalent to the mass of eight cubic meters of gold. The reason Kagura Shin hadn't let others eat them was simply because they were too heavy.
When crafting the eleventh to twentieth ones, Kagura Shin seemed to have an epiphany. He was holding an enchanted golden apple in his right hand, and suddenly, a few experience orbs appeared in his left hand.
[Ah... so I hadn't noticed... are these experience points the core of my Cursed Technique? No! Rather than calling them experience points, it's more like this is just one form of its expression. So then... I've finally seen the outline of the Maximum Technique!]
The twenty-first enchanted golden apple and the experience orbs drifted into the air simultaneously and gradually fused together. The enchanted golden apple, which originally emitted a purple light, was now shining with iridescent radiance.
Kagura Shin ate this enhanced enchanted golden apple. Just as he had thought, this apple granted him enhancements including, but not limited to, Strength X, Speed X, Regeneration X, Absorption X, Resistance X, and so on. Or rather, this apple was crafted exactly according to what was in Kagura Shin's mind.
[Maximum Technique — Overworld!]
The crafted items became the vessel for Kagura Shin's will. As long as Kagura Shin wanted them to have certain functions and input sufficient experience points, he could create items that were once unimaginable!
However, outside of his domain, the item's abilities would still be limited by its base form. For instance, you couldn't ask a lower realm alloy sword to have the same abilities as an enchanted golden apple, nor could you use a TNT to resurrect someone.
Well, that's how it is outside the domain! Inside the domain, there are only four words to describe Kagura Shin: [No Taboos]. Giving the ground the properties of lava, and adding some Wither and Poison effects, that's just a basic operation.
Furthermore, as long as the item isn't destroyed, the experience points within the item can also be recovered.
[I'm running low on experience points again. I should go find some Cursed Spirits to borrow some from recently.]
Kagura Shin believed that after a Cursed Spirit was exorcised, it would regenerate after a period of time, so it couldn't be considered dead at all. That was why he considered the experience points to be "borrowed."
By the time Kagura Shin opened his eyes again, several hours had already passed. Gojo Satoru was lying next to him as if sleeping, but as soon as Kagura Shin moved, he woke up immediately.
"Ya~ Shin, you've improved quite a bit... I smell a dangerous scent on you..."
"Yeah, Teacher Gojo, it counts as some improvement, but I'm still not very proficient. I think the potential of this move can still be increased..."
"No need to rush. Let's eat first. You've only had breakfast all day today, right..."
The two talked as they walked toward the cafeteria. The setting sun stretched their shadows long, very long...
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